by
Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Inhumaines qui, sans merci
Language: French (Français)
Les jeunes gens
Inhumaines qui, sans merci,
Vous raillez de notre souci,
Aimez ! Aimez quand on vous aime !
Les jeunes filles
-- Ingrats qui ne vous doutez pas
Des rêves éclos sur vos pas,
Aimez ! Aimez quand on vous aime !
Les jeunes gens
-- Sachez, ô cruelles Beautés,
Que les jours d'aimer sont comptés.
Aimez ! aimez quand on vous aime !
Les jeunes filles
-- Sachez, amoureux inconstants,
Que le bien d'aimer n'a qu'un temps.
Aimez ! aimez quand on vous aime !
Ensemble
[Le]1 même destin nous poursuit
Et notre folie est la même :
C'est celle d'aimer qui nous fuit.
C'est celle de fuir qui nous aime !
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Confirmed with Poésies de Armand Silvestre, 1872-1878. La Chanson des Heures, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, pages 174-175.
1 Fauré: "Un"
Text Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour un chœur alterné", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 2, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Madrigal", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-31
Line count: 21
Word count: 90
Madrigal
Language: English after the French (Français)
(The young people1)
[It’s] inhuman that, without mercy,
You mock our concern,
Love! Love as you are loved!
(The young girls)
Thankless ones, who never doubt
That from dreams, your plans are hatched,
Love! Love as you are loved!
(The young people)
Know, cruel beauties,
That the days of love are numbered.
Love! Love as you are loved!
(The young girls)
Know, inconstant lovers,
That true love does not last
Love! Love as you are loved!
(Chorus)
The same destiny pursues us
And our folly is the same:
Our lovers flee from us2,
And we flee those who love us!
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1 The French word makes clear that this is a group of male singers.
2 literally, "It’s that love eludes us"
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour un chœur alterné", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 2, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
Line count: 21
Word count: 88